Introverts, Anxiety, and Achievers with Morra Aarons-Mele

Dr. Dan interviews entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and mom Morra Aarons-Mele about anxiety, panic attacks, leadership, mental health in the workplace, social anxiety, and more. Morra is the host of Harvard Business Review’s The Anxious Achiever podcast and the author of  Hiding in the Bathroom: How To Get Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home). Today’s episode normalizes anxiety and prioritizes mental wellness. An extremely anxious introvert, Morra shares her practices for overcoming anxiety on today’s episode (and confesses how she almost canceled today’s interview because of her anxiety). In addition to her work on anxiety, Aarons-Mele founded the award-winning social impact agency Women Online and created its database of female influencers, The Mission List. Morra is an expert in online marketing – she helped Hillary Clinton log on for her first Internet chat, and has launched digital campaigns for President Obama, Malala Yousafzai, the United Nations, AARP, CDC, and many other leading figures and organizations. Morra also founded the digital public affairs team at Edelman, where she worked with Fortune 50 clients. Aarons-Mele is also a prolific writer. She has written for the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Slate, InStyle, O The Oprah Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and the Guardian. Aarons-Mele holds degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and Brown University. She and Nicco Mele live in Boston with their three children. Follow Morra on Twitter @morraam.  Watch Morra’s TED Talk on overcoming remote work burnout. Listen to Morra’s The Anxious Achiever podcast. For more information about Morra Aarons-Mele visit her website. Contact Morra directly via LinkedIn. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan [email protected] (we might answer on a future episode!). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter). Listen, subscribe, rate, review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you like to listen. For more information go to: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com For podcast merch visit: www.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shop   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices